Nursing bottle holder



P 25, 1956 c. E. DYER ETAL 2,764,376

NURSING BO'lfTL E HOLDER Filed Sept. l 1953 Charles E. Dyer Dove M; Gilbert mmvrozas w -M 1; m

United States Patent NURSING BOTTLE HOLDER Charles E. Dyer and Dove M. Gilbert, Seaside, Oreg.

Application September 1, 1953, Serial No. 377,863

1 Claim. (Cl. 248-102) This invention relates to nursing bottle holders and more particularly to a device which will retain a babys nursing bottle in position on the breast of the person feeding the baby.

An object of this invention is to provide a nursing bottle holder which will eliminate the necessity for manual holding of the bottle.

Another object of this invention is to provide a nursing bottle holder wherein the nursing bottle can be positioned on the chest of the person feeding the baby and which will avoid the pressure and weight of the bottle on the babys mouth which may accompany manual holding of the bottle.

A further object of this invention is to provide a nursing bottle holder wherein the nursing bottle can be tilted to a desired angle.

A further object of this invention is to provide a nursing bottle holder which is simple and efficient in construction, of light weight, and inexpensive to manufacture.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of the novel nursing bottle holder in position for nursing on the mothers breast and with a commercial form of bottle resting in the holder, and showing a baby feeding from the bottle;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the nursing bottle holder with the supporting straps and the bottle removed; and

Figure 3 is a front view of the nursing bottle holder showing a bottle mounted thereon, with various positions of the bottle being indicated in dotted lines.

Referring now more specifically to the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that the improved form of nursing bottle holder forming the subject of this invention includes, as shown in Figure l, a belt or neck strap having a bottle supporting assembly 12 secured to the ends thereof.

The belt 10 is adjustable for length by means of the adjuster 14. The belt 10 has a pair of ends 16.

The bottle holding assembly 12 is comprised of a longitudinal bar 18 having a loop portion 20 at each end thereof. The ends 16 of the belt 10 engage the loops 20 of bar 18 to support the same. A depending, resilient hook or hook-shaped member 22 is secured at one end adjacent the midportion of bar 18. The hook-shaped member 22 may be made of a round or flat metal material having a spring action. The hook-shaped member is resilient in its plane to permit enlargement of the loop thereof, whereby to grip a nursing bottle 26 fitted into said loop, The plane of the hook-shaped member is dis- 2,764,376 Patented Sept. 25, 1956 ICE posed substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of bar 18, i. e. the axis of the bottle-retaining loop is disposed substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the bar 18. Thus, the longitudinal axis of the bottle 26 is arranged substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the bar 18. A tube 24 of rubber or other suitable deformable material will increase the frictional gripping of a bottle 26 when placed in position on the hook-shaped member 22.

In practical use, the belt 10 is placed over the head of the person feeding the baby so that it rests upon the neck and shoulders of the person. The length of the belt 10 is adjusted by means of the adjuster 14. Then the bottle 26 is placed in posit-ion on the hook-shaped member 22 substantially parallel with the bar 18 and tilted to the desired angle. Because of the fact that the hook-shaped member 22 is of narrow width, it grips the periphery of the bottle along a substantially single line, thereby accommodating tilting of the bottle to proper angular position with respect to the plane of the loop. Thus, when feeding the baby, one hand of the person feeding the baby is left free to perform other duties while still feeding the baby. The tube 24 will aid in positively retaining the bottle 26 in its adjusted position. Further, the bottle 26 can be left mounted in the holder while the person bearing the holder moves about.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device will be readily understood and further explanation is believed to be unnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

A nursing bottle holder comprising a generally-straight, elongated metal bar having loops at its ends, a neck strap of flexible material adapted to encircle the neck of an infants attendant and having its ends connected to the loops at the ends of the bar, means for adjusting the length of the neck strap to support the bar at different elevations transversely across the attendants chest, a metal hook lying in a plane substantially at right-angles to the bar and having one end depending from and fixedly secured to the bar at a position approximately midlength of the bar with the open end of the hook disposed outwardly from the chest of the attendant, said hook being composed of a single strand of spring metal of relatively narrow width and being resiliently flexible to accommodate ditferent size nursing bottles and to permit tiltable adjustment of the nursing bottle to different angular positions relative to the bar to best suit infant feeding conditions, and a covering of elastic material upon the bottleengaging portion of the hook to increase the frictional grip of the hook upon the bottle.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,465,219 Fritz Mar. 22, 1949 2,500,846 McFarland Mar. 14, 1950 2,670,165 Dominguez Feb. 23, 1954 2,686,030 Johnson Aug. 10, 1954 FOREIGN PATENTS 476,968 Canada Sept. 18, 1951 

